01/15/2026
Is Life Always Worth Living?
A conversation on aging, meaning, and a life worth living until our last breath
“I don’t want to be a burden.”
Maybe you’ve heard someone say it. Perhaps you’ve thought it yourself.
Despite the countless ways we have cared for others throughout our lives, the fear of becoming a burden can quietly take root as illness and aging appear. Does life still hold meaning in suffering? What might one more shared moment with someone mean to them?
Filled with stories and reflection, this workshop will help us engage these difficult questions with faith, compassion, and honesty — because this touches every one of us, either now or in the future.
Together we will explore:
How our lives continue to have meaning amid illness, disability, dependence, suffering, and loss.
Why living until natural death can become a gift of hope for others.
How the way a story ends changes the meaning of every page.
📅 Saturday, January 31
⏰ 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
📍 St. Aloysius Gonzaga Church | 300 rue de l’Abbé Murray, Gatineau
Cost: $15 Early Bird (register by Jan. 28) | $20 thereafter
Lunch provided
Registration: https://pci.jotform.com/form/260075359343256
Questions? Contact Monique Washnuk: 819-771-8391 x.323
All are warmly welcome.
